Regrettably as at Tuesday (August 25), Jamaica recorded three COVID-19-related deaths. The deceased are a 76 year old female from St. Catherine; an 89 year old female from Kingston & St. Andrew and a 70 year old male from Kingston & St. Andrew. The total deaths from COVID-19 now stands at19. At the same time, the country recorded 120 new...

The Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC) is urging strata properties to implement stronger safety measures at entry points as a means of protecting proprietors and visitors from contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19). “Since the resumption of inspections by the CSC, our inspectors are reporting that security personnel or persons at access points are not wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is urging commuters to keep on their face masks while on the buses, even as the company steps up sanitisation activities to control the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to Corporate Communications Manager at the bus company, Cecil Thoms, persons are removing their masks to talk with other passengers on the buses, and...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, is encouraging member countries that have not yet joined the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility to do so. This, she said, in order to ensure that all states and territories across the Americas are able to access doses of vaccines for the coronavirus (COVID-19) upon approval...

Twelve young mothers of Salt Spring and adjoining communities in St. James benefited from a maternity outreach initiative hosted by the Salt Spring Community Outreach Programme for Empowerment (SSCOPE) International Limited on August 21. The mothers, some expectant, received supplies valued approximately $100,000, which included boxes of diapers, baby oil, baby bottles, wipes, baby powder, articles of clothing, and maternity...

Outgoing Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, wants to see more cultural and sports exchanges between the EU and Jamaica. “I would love to see a bigger exchange of people, easier travel, more travel, cultural exchanges, and sports exchanges, because people are drawn to things Jamaican in Europe,” she said, during an interview with...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), through its Children and Family Support Unit (CFSU), is currently hosting a Virtual Camp and Back-to-School Extravaganza for children in State care and vulnerable children within CFSU, aged 12 to 17. The Zoom summer camp is being held virtually, in observance of the Government’s COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines. It will run from Monday,...